Chapter 36: Wang Lin and Hong Die's Ten-Year Promise!

Zhu Chen glanced at the timestamps of the bullet chats Xiao Yan had sent and realized they were from last night, exactly when he was with Yun Yun. He couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

He had been so busy at the time that there was no way he could have found the time to check these messages.

Unfortunately, that "Many Children, Many Blessings System" only worked during the initial activation of a [Symbiosis] relationship.

Otherwise, he could have opened at least ten or twenty Grotto-heavens yesterday.

He might have even broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm directly.

Despite the regret, through what had happened with Yun Yun, Zhu Chen had unexpectedly obtained a crucial piece of information.

That was his "Many Children, Many Blessings System" could cross worlds!

In other words, even in other worlds, he could establish [Symbiosis] relationships with others.

At this thought, a bold idea immediately formed in Zhu Chen's mind.

Wang Lin and Han Li's worlds were filled with many powerful female cultivators.

If he could make something of himself there, his strength would surely see a massive boost.

Furthermore, he remembered that when this chat group first appeared, it had mentioned that as long as his cultivation continued to rise, subsequent functions of the group would be unlocked one after another.

The Great Thousand World was all-encompassing; it was impossible that it only consisted of these few planes.

More "Children of the Planes" would surely join the group later.

And once a Child of the Plane joined, it meant that the world they resided in would also open up to him.

In this way, the channels through which he could use the "Many Children, Many Blessings System" to increase his cultivation would expand even further.

He just didn't know specifically what the [Symbiosis] relationship determined by the system actually entailed.

If it was just *that* kind of relationship...

Then if he used force, he wondered if it would work...

"No, no, no..."

"I am a gentleman; how could I possibly do something like forcibly coercing others?"

Zhu Chen shook his head vigorously, quickly casting the wicked thought to the back of his mind.

He then continued reading the information in the chat group.

After Xiao Yan sent those dozen or so bullet chats, Lin Dong and Uzumaki Naruto also replied one after another

[Lin Dong: Brother Xiao, you seem quite nervous. What kind of pill is that 'Spring Rejuvenation Pill' exactly? Why can't Brother Zhu take it?]

[Uzumaki Naruto: Yeah, yeah! Big Brother Xiao Yan, I ate those body-tempering pills you gave me as soon as I got back, and I feel much stronger than before!]

[Xiao Yan: You two don't understand. The Spring Rejuvenation Pill I gave Brother Zhu is different from the body-tempering pills you ate. That was something I... uh... refined previously.]

[Lin Dong: Something? What 'something'?]

[Uzumaki Naruto: I get it! So the Spring Rejuvenation Pill is also called 'something.' What a strange name.]

[Xiao Yan: You two stop asking. All I want to know right now is whether Brother Zhu took that medicine...]

[Lin Dong: Then wait for him to come online and ask him yourself. I'm going to cultivate now.]

[Uzumaki Naruto: Me too! Big Brother Lin Dong, let's encourage each other!]

[Lin Dong: Alright, brother!]

The exchange ended there.

Xiao Yan did not explain to Lin Dong and Naruto what the "Spring Rejuvenation Pill" actually was.

It seemed he didn't want to lose face either.

Zhu Chen smiled faintly, then directly replied to Xiao Yan in the group.

[Zhu Chen: @Xiao Yan, I didn't take those two bottles of aphrodisiacs.]

As soon as these words appeared, the chat group, which had already quieted down, instantly exploded again.

[Lin Dong: My god, so the 'Spring Rejuvenation Pill' Brother Xiao was talking about is an aphrodisiac?]

[Uzumaki Naruto: Big Brother Xiao Yan, why would you give Brother Zhu that kind of medicine?]

Last time Xiao Yan and the others were discussing aphrodisiacs, Naruto didn't understand what they were. Later, he had specifically gone to ask his Hokage grandfather, only to learn that such medicine was originally used for breeding livestock.

He just didn't understand why Xiao Yan would give such medicine to Zhu Chen.

[Xiao Yan: Holy crap, Brother Zhu, don't be so blunt! I just started learning alchemy from my teacher; those two bottles were just something I used for practice before.]

Worried that Zhu Chen might misunderstand, Xiao Yan hurriedly explained.

Just as Zhu Chen was about to reply, Wang Lin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly sent a bullet chat

[Wang Lin: Since you used them for practice, why didn't you discard them after refining? Keeping such medicine on your person clearly shows an impure heart.]

[Lin Dong: Brother Wang Lin, are you finished with your seclusion? Brother Xiao said that people in your cultivation world go into seclusion for years or even decades at a time. I thought I'd have to address you as the Martial Ancestor the next time I spoke to you.]

Lin Dong added curiously.

[Wang Lin: He is correct, but I have not been in seclusion recently.]

[Lin Dong: Oh, then what have you been doing these past few days? We called you several times in the group yesterday, but you didn't respond.]

[Wang Lin: I had matters of importance to attend to.]

Wang Lin did not elaborate on what had happened to him during these few days.

In truth, there wasn't much to say; it was nothing more than those blind cultivators coming to challenge him, only to be dealt with one by one.

The only thing worth mentioning was that Liao Fan from the Snow Region had arrived a few days ago.

Wang Lin knew that he possessed Situ Nan's arm bone and that he had been sent by Li Yuanfeng to test him.

Therefore, unlike in the original story, he did not show mercy and killed him directly.

Afterward, he attached those two arms to the sleeping Situ Nan and spent time reflecting deeply within the Heaven Defying Bead regarding the ten-year agreement between himself and Hong Die, only emerging just now.

Consequently, when Xiao Yan and the others called him in the group yesterday, he hadn't paid any attention.

[Xiao Yan: Brother Wang Lin, please don't misunderstand! I originally intended to destroy those two bottles, but then the incident with the Amethyst Winged Lion King happened, and I got delayed...]

In order to maintain a positive image in the group, Xiao Yan explained with a bitter face.

However, as soon as he sent the message, he suddenly realized a problem and hurriedly added a follow-up.

[Xiao Yan: @Zhu Chen, wait, that's not right, Brother Zhu. My medicine is colorless and odorless. Although it lacks intense spiritual energy, it also has no medicinal toxins. An ordinary person wouldn't be able to tell the difference at all. How did you know it was an aphrodisiac? Are you an alchemist as well?]

After thinking it over, this was the only possibility Xiao Yan could come up with.

However, Zhu Chen's answer left him greatly surprised.

[Zhu Chen: I don't know alchemy. It's because someone else took the medicine.]

[Xiao Yan: Holy crap, who took it? Such bad luck.]

[Zhu Chen: Yun Yun.]

[Xiao Yan: Huh~? Why does that name sound so familiar?]

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, and then the image of a woman in green clothes surfaced in his mind.

Yun Yun?

The Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun?

[Xiao Yan: Holy crap~ Brother Zhu, you... you couldn't have... with that Yun Yun... *Hehehe* (wicked laugh)]

[Zhu Chen: You guessed correctly. Yun Yun is already my woman.]

Zhu Chen admitted his relationship with Yun Yun without hesitation.

Xiao Yan had a three-year agreement with Nalan Yanran, and she would go to the Misty Cloud Sect after three years.

And he had already made an agreement with Yun Yun to visit her at the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.

By then, everyone would know about his relationship with Yun Yun.

This matter could not be hidden, and he had no intention of hiding it.

A true man stands by his actions.

[Xiao Yan: No way, Brother Zhu, are you serious?]

Xiao Yan was completely stunned!

He had just been joking with Zhu Chen.

After all, such medicine shouldn't have much effect on a Dou Huang level expert.

He never expected Zhu Chen to admit it on the spot.

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(End of Chapter)